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Synonym of shocking/risqué

English Language & Usage Asked on April 20, 2021

What’s an adjective that can mean risqué/shocking and idiomatically used to describe revolutions in art?

X’s music video is ____

Has nudity, touches on lots of hot topics, exposes lots of taboos. Makes the artist vulnerable.

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outrageous

shocking and morally unacceptable.

(Cambridge Dictionary)

Answered by user 66974 on April 20, 2021

Salacious (adj.)

1660s, from Latin salax (genitive salacis) "lustful," probably originally "fond of leaping," as in a male animal leaping on a female in sexual advances, from salire "to leap" (see salient (adj.)). Earliest form of the word in English is salacity (c. 1600). Related: Salaciously; salaciousness.

https://www.etymonline.com/word/salacious

Answered by user414952 on April 20, 2021

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